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England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Milden St Peter

 

The Parish

The parish of Milden lies in southern Suffolk close to the border with Essex. Milden is about 3 miles southeast of the wool town (and tourist centre) of Lavenham. There is not a village as such for Milden but a straggle of farms and cottages along a lane that runs parallel to the B1115 which connects Monks Eleigh with Sudbury. Milden is sited on a broad agricultural plateau at about 80 metres above sea level, it is surrounded with arable fields. The parish is dominated by the 18th century hall of Milden Hall and was a closed parish dominated by the single landowner which restricted population. There were few parishioners, fewer than 200 at the time of this transcript. Despite its small size Milden has been around for a while, it merits a tiny mention in Domesday Book where it was held by "a free man", there is also the remains of a 12th century Motte within the parish.


The Church

St Peter's church is sited adjacent, north side, to the lane which runs through the settlement. The church is old and probably contemporary with the motte as it has elements which are Norman, notably the nave. The rest of the church is deemed "unreliable" by Pevsner as the church was much restored during the usual Victorian era. The church possessed a tower up until it was demolished as unsafe in 1827, a bell remains in the dovecote like structure that marks the western end. The church is rather hidden from the road by tall roadside trees but access is gained by a small gate next to a prominent bench, the graveyard is set to grass with many mature trees present.


The Records

Register No Covering Dates Deposited With Register Style Quality Standard Comments
1 5th November 1754 - 24th December 1812 Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FL605/4/1/3
Plain, unruled book containing combined Banns & Marriages Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads None
2 1st January 1813 - 20th April 1837 Suffolk Record Office - Bury St Edmunds - Reference - FL605/4/3/1
Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads None


Brent Eleigh St Mary
Brent Eleigh St Mary
Monks Eleigh St Peter
Little Waldringfield St Laurence
Monks Eleigh St Peter
Little Waldringfield St Laurence
Edwardstone St Mary
Groton St Bartholomew
Monks Eleigh St Peter

1760 1770 1780 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830

Register Reference Date Groom Forename Groom Surname Groom Status Groom Abode Bride Forename Bride Surname Bride Status Bride Abode
1 05/11/1754 Jonathan BRETT Single   Hannah DIAPER Single  
2 13/11/1755 John WRIGHT Widower   Bridget FROST Single  
3 17/11/1757 James MARSH Single Edwardstone Anna HICKS    
5 21/10/1760 Richard FROST Single   Amy POWEL Single  
6 29/04/1761 English HASTE Single   Anne CARVER Single  
7 05/11/1761 Samuel SMITH Single   Bridget VINCE Single  
8 21/05/1764 John STEPHENS Widower Lavenham Anne DEATH Single  
9 08/11/1764 English HASTE Widower   Sarah RICHARDSON Single  
10 15/11/1765 William SNELL Widower Thorpe Morieux Hannah HOWARD Single  
11 12/05/1766 Charles HERRINGTON Single Holy Trinity, Colchester, Essex Anne OSBORN Single  
12 09/11/1766 George PHILIPS Single   Sarah WILDING Single  
13 17/04/1768 Thomas BYAM     Margaret WILDING    
14 27/04/1769 John NIGHT Single Whitwell, Hampshire Anne DURRANT Single  
15 22/06/1769 Henry GINN Single St Gregory, Sudbury Mary BRUNNING Single  
16 21/11/1769 John WASS Single   Hannah FENN Single  
17 11/04/1771 Thomas CATER Single   Anne ROBERTS Single  
18 11/10/1771 Abraham TEMPLER Single   Mary OSBORN Single  
19 29/10/1771 Samuel CLARK Single   Martha PAYNE Single  
20 01/01/1772 John POOLEY Single Edwardstone Sarah ROFFE Single  
21 23/09/1773 William WOODGATE Single Brent Eleigh Susan JACOBS Single  
22 24/10/1774 John POOLEY Widower Monks Eleigh Mary SCURREL Single  
23 31/08/1775 William ELLISTON Single Monks Eleigh Mary HANKEY Single  
24 26/10/1775 David POWELL Single   Mary SEGGER Single  
25 09/04/1776 John PONDER Single Monks Eleigh Susan WALKER Single  
26 08/09/1776 Thomas CRISP Widower   Anne BUTCHER Widow  
27 24/12/1776 Joseph GRIMWOOD Single   Elizabeth JACOBS Single  
28 10/04/1777 William BALLS Single   Anne LONG Single  
29 03/03/1779 William JACOBS Single   Sarah ROBINSON Single  
30 29/05/1779 Oliver PORTER Single   Sarah GOWERS Single  
4 29/08/1779 Jeremiah DEATH Single   Rachel GLEADE Single  
31 15/09/1779 Abraham AYERS Single Great Waldingfield Anna MARSH Single  
32 11/10/1779 William BRETT Single Groton Anne HUMPHREYS Single  
33 28/03/1780 John MUNFORD Single   Sarah NORTH Single  
34 10/10/1780 John TRICKER Single Groton Mary DEATH Single  
35 17/10/1780 John POOLEY Widower Monks Eleigh Susanna ARMSTRONG Single  
36 05/11/1780 Thomas VICARS Single   Martha LONG Single  
37 31/05/1783 Robert ELLISTON Single Monks Eleigh Mary MARSH Single  
38 01/10/1784 William CROSS Widower Great Finborough Sarah UNDERWOOD Widow  
39 08/03/1787 Thomas KEMBALL Single Monks Eleigh Elizabeth MARSH Single  
40 12/07/1789 James LONG Single   Elizabeth RATT Single Kersey
41 29/11/1789 John GOODCHILD Single   Elizabeth MUNFORD Single  
42 10/01/1790 Francis EVERETT Single   Susannah SNELL Single Monks Eleigh
43 26/12/1791 William PARTRIDGE Single   Elizabeth KETTLE Single  
44 08/02/1792 Thomas BELL Single Lavenham Elizabeth SEXTON Single  
45 07/02/1793 Thomas CROSS Widower   Mary CLOVER Single  
46 07/05/1793 William COUSINS Single Monks Eleigh Mary GRIST Single Monks Eleigh
47 28/01/1794 Abraham TEMPLER Widower   Anne FULLER Single  
48 30/10/1794 William BRETT Widower Groton Hannah SARGENT Single  
49 13/10/1795 Thomas MORLEY Single   Elizabeth RAISON Single  
50 25/07/1796 Isaac GRIDLEY Single Monks Eleigh Mary GOODCHILD Single  
51 06/02/1798 Thomas DEAL Single   Sarah PALMER Single  
52 16/10/1798 William DEAL Single   Lucy BALLARD Single  
53 10/01/1799 Francis SWAN Single Groton Susannah JAGG Single  
54 16/01/1799 Harvey PODD Single   Anna Maria BURMAN Single Monks Eleigh
55 10/08/1800 Edward FULLER Single Monks Eleigh Hannah LONG Single  
56 01/10/1801 Daniel HEAD Single Little Waldingfield Sarah ANSELL Single  
57 12/12/1802 Jonathan BRETT Single   Mary HILLS Single  
58 07/01/1803 Roger DEATH Single   Mary CLARK Single  
59 18/01/1803 John HURRELL Single   Susanna POOL Single  
60 18/11/1805 Edward BURTON Single   Martha VICARS Single  
62 09/02/1806 James SNELL Single Brent Eleigh Mary SIMPSON Single  
63 25/03/1806 Thomas BARROW Single St Edwards, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Sophia REED Single  
64 19/05/1807 Ardley TURNER Single   Mary BALLS Single  
65 15/06/1807 Frederic MATHEW Single Woodbridge Mary HICKS Single  
66 01/03/1808 Samuel COOPER Widower Edwardstone Sarah JAGG Single  
67 22/12/1808 William ADAMS Single St Lawrence, Ipswich Sarah HICKS Single  
68 23/05/1809 John WARREN Single   Sarah MARSH Single  
69 03/05/1810 Robert ANSEL Single   Sarah KEMBALL Single  
70 12/10/1810 James LOFT Single   Mary SNELL Single  
71 15/10/1811 Samuel BARRELL Single   Sarah GOSLIN Single  
72 12/10/1812 William CROSS Single   Anne ANSELL Single  
73 24/12/1812 James MELTON Single   Lucy ANSELL Single  
1 01/01/1813 William JAGG Single   Sarah BRETT Single  
2 10/07/1814 James KING Single   Elizabeth GOODCHILD Single  
3 22/11/1814 John BRETT Single   Mary WENLOCK Single  
4 30/10/1816 William WEBB Single   Rebecca POLLARD Single  
5 05/11/1816 John WRIGHT Single Monks Eleigh Elizabeth YORK Single  
6 24/12/1816 John BAULEY     Elizabeth LONG    
7 24/12/1816 Samuel BALLS Single   Mary ANSELL Single  
8 28/06/1817 John GENTRY Single Layham Mary DEATH Single  
9 21/11/1817 Joseph RUMBALL Single   Hannah BALLS Single  
10 20/09/1818 William WOODGATES Widower   Mary Anne BAULEY Single  
11 31/10/1820 Jonathan BRETT Widower   Jane WRIGHT Widow Monks Eleigh
12 02/11/1820 John PAYNE Single Hadleigh Harriet Elizabeth ANSELL Single  
13 15/06/1821 George BARTON Widower Layham Rosetta BRETT Single  
14 13/06/1823 David LAST Single Preston Elizabeth BUTCHER Single  
15 28/10/1824 Robert MELTON Single   Sarah LISTER Single  
16 23/08/1825 Robert BALLS Single   Elizabeth BALAM Widow  
17 11/11/1825 John RUFFEL Single Brent Eleigh Elizabeth TURNER Single  
18 16/02/1826 William PORTER Single   Susan SMITH Single  
19 06/08/1826 Daniel CLARK Single Monks Eleigh Charlotte OFFORD Single  
20 27/01/1827 Jeremiah CLOVER Single Rattlesden Mary PORTER Single  
21 27/01/1827 John GRIGBY Single   Hannah MORLEY Single  
22 20/04/1828 John PORTER Single Rattlesden Mary WHISTLER Single  
23 10/10/1830 John KEEBLE Single   Elizabeth BIGGS Single  
24 31/01/1831 John POLLARD Single   Mary RUFFELL Single St Mary, Bury St Edmund
25 22/05/1831 Samuel Parker GULLEN Single Monks Eleigh Mary BIGG Single  
26 17/07/1831 Isaac TURNER Single   Anne KEEBLE Single Boxford
27 09/10/1831 John WHISTLER Single   Sarah COUSINS Single  
28 09/11/1833 Joseph SMITH Single   Anna Maria HOLDER Single  
29 09/08/1835 Edward BIGG Single   Harriet KEEBLE Single  
30 12/06/1836 Richard GULL Single Layer De La Haye, Essex Sarah ANSELL Single  
31 20/04/1837 William FAYERS Single   Susanna BIGGS Single  

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